This is going to be run on All Star settings, with a few slider tweaks. I have let the CPU run with the Owner based things such as Marketing and Facilities. I am using Ridin's roster set from OS. Strasburg started as a FA so I put him on the Nats.

I will play one game per series to keep this moving along.

San Diego Shakeup!
Jake Peavy dealt to Texas!

It didn't take long for new San Diego Padres GM Buster Stallworth to realize the mess he inherited when he took over the reigns of GM for the Padres. With Ace Jake Peavy's bloated contract on the books, and a hazy financial future on the horizon thanks to an Owners ongoing divorce, the Padres had little recourse but find a suitable deal for Peavy, and that they did in a mega deal with the Texas Rangers.

The Padres sent Peavy to Texas and acquired in return SS Elvis Andrus, a 20 year old slick fielder with unlimited potential, 1B Justin Smoak, a pure hitting 1B who could eventually move into a replacement for Adrian Gonzalez should a deal come available for Adrian, and 22 year old SP Derek Holland. Holland will join 4 other rookies on the Padres opening day pitching staff which could spell disaster for the upcoming year, but potentially give some hope to the Padres in the future.

San Diego Padres Opening Day Lineup

1. CF Jody Gerut
2. SS Elvis Anrus
3. 1B Adrian Gonzalez
4. 3B Kevin Kouzmanoff
5. LF Chase Headley
6. RF Brian Giles
7. C Nick Hundley
8. 2B David Eckstein
9. SP Chris Young

Bench:

C Henry Blanco
SS Evereth Cabrera
CF Scott Hairston
LF Cliff Floyd
2B Chris Burke

Rotation

1. Chris Young
2. Chad Gaudin
3. Shawn Hill
4. Josh Geer
5. Derek Holland

Long Reliever

1. Luke Gregerson

Middle Relievers

1. Edward Mujica
2. Luis Perdomo
3. Scott Patterson

Setup Men

1. Duaner Sanchez
2. Clay Meredith

Closer

1. Heath Bell

Game 1: Padres vs Dodgers
Chris Young (0-0) vs Chad Billingsley (0-0)

This was a game I played and it was quite a pitchers duel as Young and Billingsley each tossed gems, and each team played flawless D.

LA had a chance to score early with runners on 1st and 2nd and one out with James Loney at the dish, but he was robbed by a diving Elvis Andrus at short, who then flipped to Eckstein at 2nd for the double play. It'd be the one time Loney got out all day as he finished 3-4 for LA.

The game was tied 0-0 in the bottom of the 7th, when Brian Giles hit a bomb to right field to give the Padres the 1-0 lead. From there Chris Young went back into shutdown mode, finishing up 8 strong innings, before turning it over to Heath Bell in the 9th for the save.

Final Line

SD: 1 - 8 - 0
LA : 0 -7 - 0

Game MVP

Chris Young (SD) 8 IP, 7 H, 9 K, 1 BB

Game 2: Padres vs Dodgers
Chad Gaudin (0-0) vs Clayton Kershaw (0-0)

LA 4 - SD 1

A simmed game that saw the Padres offense scuffle with 1 run on 3 hits, while the Dodgers had 4 runs on 9 hits, including 4 doubles. James Loney again killed us with 2 RBI on 2 more hits.

Clayton Kershaw picked up the W with 6.2 IP, 3 H, 1 ER, 9 K and 4 BB.

Chad Gaudin only went 4 IP giving up 6 H, 3 ER, 5 BB and 3 K. Our rookie long reliever Luke Gregerson worked 3 perfect innings of relief with 3 K which was nice to see.

Elvis Andrus notched his first hit as a Padre as well.

Final Line

LA: 4 - 9 - 2
SD: 1 - 3- 0

Game 3: Padres vs Dodgers
Shawn Hill (0-0) vs Randy Wolf (0-0)

LA 8 - SD 2

Another sim game sees the Padres hurting to score runs, only managing 2 runs on 8 hits, while LA put up 8 runs on 11 hits, and once again James Loney kills us with 2 HR and 6 RBI.

For the Padres, Chris Burke hit a PH HR and Kouzmanoff knocked in his first RBI of the year but it wasn't nearly enough as the Dodgers hammered us.

Randy Wolf picked up the win going 6.2 IP, 6 H, 1 ER, 1 BB, 4 K.

Shawn Hill picked up the loss going 4.2 IP, 7 H, 4 ER, 2 BB, 4 K.

Final Line

LA: 8 - 11 - 0
SD: 2 - 8 - 0

Game 4: Padres vs Dodgers
Josh Geer (0-0) vs Eric Stults (0-0)

LA 10 - SD 7

A disappointing end to our four game opening series, as LA continues pounding us, this time to the tune of 10-7. Guess who had 4 more hits, including a HR and 3 RBI? Yep, James Loney. Add in 2 HR from Orlando Hudson and a HR from Andre Ethier and our staff was just put to sleep by the Dodgers.

Chase Headley had a HR and 4 RBI for us, while Kouzmanoff added his own HR and 2 RBI, but we're still lacking production from Andrus and Gonzalez, who're hitting .187 and .125 respectively, though only four games in. Andrus did have 2 hits today which was nice, but we need him to be elite to do anything at all.

Eric Stults picked up the win for LA going 6.2 IP, 5 H, 2 ER, 1 K.

Josh Geer took the loss for us, going 4 IP, 4 ER, 4 BB, 2 K.

Final Line

LA: 10 - 13 - 0
SD: 7 - 10 - 0

Game 5: Padres vs Giants
Derek Holland (0-0) vs Barry Zito (0-0)

SF 1 - SD 0

Two games I've played, two 1-0 scores. This time I was on the flip side as Barry f'ing Zito just shut us down. He went 8.1 IP, 2 H, 2 BB, 7 K. We couldn't solve him. Lots of weak grounders. Usually I am better then this, but our offense is pretty terrible.

Derek Holland went 6 IP, 7 H, 1 ER, 8 K for us. He looked good, and our pen did a solid job but we just cannot seem to get our offense going. It's going to be a very long season it looks like.

Final Line

SF: 1 - 10 - 0
SD: 0 - 3 - 0

Game 6: Padres vs Giants
Chris Young (1-0, 0.00 ERA) vs Jonathan Sanchez (0-0, 0-00 ERA)

SD 4 - SF 1

We finally have a solid game offensively as we pound out 11 hits, but only 4 guys scored. Thankfully Chris Young was dealing for us and the lack of runs didn't bite us today.

Chris Young threw a CG, 3 H, 1 ER, 1 BB, 11 K performance for the win.

Jonathan Sanchez went 6 IP, 7 H, 2 R, 1 ER, 3 BB, 8 K for the loss.

Elvis Andrus had 2 doubles, while Cliff Floyd added 2 RBI on a triple in relief of Chase Headley who was given the night off.

A nice win to end a 4 game slide.

Final Line

SF: 1 - 3 - 1
SD: 4 - 11 - 1

Game 7: Padres vs Giants
Chad Gaudin (0-1, 6.75 ERA) vs Tim Lincecum (0-1, 3.00 ERA)

SD 4 - SF 3

4 more runs gets the job done tonight, though it was against a team with an offense probably more anemic then ours.

Evereth Cabrera, filling in for Andrus who needed a night off, had 3 hits, two of which were triples, and 2 RBI. Adrian Gonzalez also added 2 hits, including a HR, and our other 2 RBI to complete our scoring.

Chad Gaudin went 7.1 IP, 6 H, 3 ER, 1 BB, 5 K for the win.

Tim Linecum went 5.2 IP, 8 H, 4 ER, 2 BB, 7K for the loss.

Final Line

SF: 3 - 6 - 1
SD: 4 - 8 - 0

Game 8: Padres @ Mets
Shawn Hill (0-1, 7.71 ERA) vs John Maine (1-0, 1.42 ERA)

NYM 4 - SD 1

Another simmed game that sees our offense scuffle. Hundley had an RBI double to give us our own run, while the Mets had a balanced attack that saw 4 different players knock in RBI, including the usual suspects in Wright and Reyes.

Hill went 6 IP, 3 H, 2 ER, 4 BB, 4 K for the loss

Maine went 6.1 IP, 7 H, 1 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 7 K for the win

Final Line

SD: 1 - 7 - 2
NY: 4 - 7 - 1

Game 9: Padres @ Mets
Josh Geer (0-1, 9.00 ERA) vs Mike Pelfrey (1-0, 2.25 ERA)

NY 7 - SD 2

Things are getting frustrating as we just cannot do anything right at the dish. Adrian Gonzalez 2 hit game puts him over .200 for the first time all season, while Hundley adds a HR, and Headley knocks in our only other run.

Meanwhile Daniel Murphy hits two triples, and Ryan Church has two solo shots as the Mets pound out 7 runs on 9 hits.

Josh Geer goes 3 IP, 7 H, 5 ER, 3 BB, 3 K for the loss.

Mike Pelfrey goes 8.1 IP, 5 H, 2 ER, 1 BB, 4K for the win.

Final Line

SD: 2 - 6 - 0
NY: 7 - 9 - 0

Roster Move

After the game we send down Josh Geer and call up Kevin Correia to take his spot in the rotation.

I'll definitely be following this. I've considered starting an MLB09 dynasty and probably will in a few days.

I'll definitely be following this. I've considered starting an MLB09 dynasty and probably will in a few days.


Ditto on both accounts. I just can't decide whether to dynasty my franchise or my RTTS career, which will probably get the most frequent play.

Game 10: Padres @ Mets
Derek Holland (0-1, 1.50 ERA) vs Oliver Perez (1-0, 1.35 ERA)

NY 1 - SD 0

Unbelievable. I have never been this bad offensively as I am with this team. We are once again blanked 1-0, as Oliver Perez and K-Rod combine to hold us to two hits. We manage 5 walks, but we just can't get hits to drop. I am speechless.

Fernando Tatis provided the only run of the game with a solo jack off a bad slider I left over the plate but other then that Holland was a stud.

Holland went 7 IP, 5 H, 1 ER, 2 BB, 8 K for the loss.

Perez went 7.1 IP, 2 H, 3 BB, 7 K for the win.

Final Line

SD: 0 - 2 - 0
NY: 1 - 5 - 0

Game 11: Padres @ Phillies
Chris Young (2-0, .53 ERA) vs Jamie Moyer (1-0, 0.00 ERA)

PHI 7 - SD 2

We pound out 10 hits but nothing comes of it. Andrus and Gonzalez both had two hits which is nice, but we need guys to drive in runs or else we're never going to win.

Chris Young went 7 IP, 6 H, 2 ER, 2 BB, 10 K for a No Decision.

Jamie Moyer went 6 IP, 9 H, 2 ER, 1 BB, 2 K for a No Decision.

Final Line

SD: 2 - 10 - 0
PHI: 7 - 10 - 0

Game 12: Padres @ Phillies
Chad Gaudin (1-1, 4.76 ERA) vs Cole Hamels (2-0, 0.00 ERA)

PHI 5 - SD 1

Adrian Gonzalez is heating up a little bit with a solo HR, but 3 Phils HR put us away early. We just can't compete with Rollins, Utley and Ibanez all going yard in the same game.

Chad Gaudin goes 5 IP, 6 H, 4 ER, 1 BB, 6 K in the loss.

Cole Hamels goes CG, 7 H, 1 ER, 2 BB, 7 K in the win.

Final Line

SD: 1 - 7 - 0
PHI: 5 - 8 - 1

Game 13: Padres @ Phllies
Shawn Hill (0-2, 5.06 ERA) vs Brett Myers (0-0, 3.38 ERA)

SD 10 - PHI 8

I make some drastic lineup changes and they result in a 5 run 6th and 4 run 7th. Scott Hairston started in CF and hit leadoff, and was 4-5 with a HR and 4 RBI. Evereth Cabrera hit 8th, and played 2B and was 3 for 5 with an RBI. Elvis Andrus hit 5th and was 3-4 with 2 runs scored. All in all things worked and the lineup will stay in tact for the series finale.

Shawn Hill went 3.2 IP, 5 H, 7 ER, 4 BB, 5 K in the ND.

Brett Myers went 5.2 IP, 10 H, 6 ER, 3 BB, 6 K in the ND.

Final Line

SD: 10 - 15 - 0
PHI: 8 - 9 - 1

Game 14: Padres @ Phillies
Kevin Correia (0-0, 0.00 ERA) vs Joe Blanton (0-1, 14.73 ERA)

SD 6 - PHI 2

Finally a game I play that has some offense. Scott Hairston was nails again leading off, going 4 for 5. Headley was the only other guy with multiple hits though, as he had 2. Thankfully we saved hits for the 9th.

It was a 2-2 game in the 9th, when Adrian Gonzalez uncorked a low fastball off Scott Eyre to make it 3-2. Cabrera and Blanco single, and then David Eckstein pinch hitting for the pitcher hits a 3 run bomb to make it 6-2 and put the game away. This new lineup is here to stay at least for the time being.

Kevin Correia went 6.1 IP, 5 H, 1 ER, 1 BB, 6 K in the ND.

Joe Blanton went 6 IP, 5 H, 2 R, 1 ER, 2 BB, 2 K in the ND.

Final Line

SD: 6 - 11 - 1
PHI : 2 - 8 - 2

Game 15: Padres @ Giants
Derek Holland (0-2, 1.38 ERA) vs Randy Johnson (1-0, 2.92 ERA)

SD 4 - SF 2

Four different guys get RBI's as a balanced attack from the Padres stops the Giants in their tracks 4-2. Scott Hairston continues to rake with a 2 for 5 night including a solo HR, and Adrian Gonzalez goes 3-4 to raise his average to .252. He also had another RBI. Andrus and Kouzmanoff provided the other two runs. Another nice performance from the offense.

Derek Holland goes 5 IP, 4 H, 2 ER, 1 BB, 3 K in the ND.

Randy Johnson goes 6.2 IP, 9 H, 3 R, 2 ER, 7 K in the L.

Final Line

SD: 4 - 10 - 0
SF: 2 - 7 - 1

Game 16: Padres @ Giants
Chris Young (2-0, 1.13 ERA) vs Barry Zito (1-1, 2.03 ERA)

SF 7 - SD 6

Oof. Played this one out and had the game in hand, up 6-3 in the 9th, when Heath Bell came in and gave up 4 runs, including a walk off two run double to Bengie Molina to give SF the win.

Hairston had 2 more hits, and Kouzmanoff had 2 HR and 4 RBI in the losing effort.

Chris Young went 6 IP, 7 H, 3 ER, 3 K for a ND.

Barry Zito went 4.1 IP, 7 H, 4 ER, 2 BB, 4 K for a ND.

Final Line

SD: 6 - 11 - 1
SF: 7 - 12 - 0

Game 17: Padres vs Pirates

PIT 11 - SD 7

Another tough loss. We just got shelled early giving up 5 first inning rungs, and then the bullpen couldn't keep us in it after we took the lead. Scott Hairston is a machine though. 4 more hits. 3 doubles and a HR and 4 RBI.

Chad Gaudin went 4 IP, 5 H, 6 ER, 4 BB, 1 K for the L.

Paul Maholm went 5 IP, 9 H, 7 R, 5 ER, 3 BB, 3 K for the W.

Final Line

PIT: 11 - 12 - 1
SD: 7 - 10 - 1

Game 18: Padres vs Pirates
Shawn Hill (0-2, 8.16 ERA) vs Zach Duke (0-2, 5.63 ERA)

SD 7 - PIT 0

We pounded out 15 hits, and Scott Hairston added another 4 hit performance along with a hr and 3 RBI to raise his average to a whopping .513 since he got into the lineup. Even Shawn Hill had 3 hits today.

Meanwhile Shawn Hill was nails as we held PIT to just 2 hits in the win.

Shawn Hill went 8.1 IP, 1 H, 2 BB, 7 K for the W.

Zach Duke went 4.1 IP, 12 H, 5 ER for the L.

Final Line

PIT: 0 - 2 - 0
SD: 7 - 15 - 1

Are you playing all the games that you don't indicate your simming out or are you simming most of them now?

Are you playing all the games that you don't indicate your simming out or are you simming most of them now?

I play one per series. I'll start putting sim into the games that are simmed to make it a little more clear.

Game 19: Padres (7-11) vs Pirates (7-11)
Kevin Correia (0-0, 1.42 ERA) vs Jeff Karstens (0-1, 7.71 ERA)

PIT 2 - SD 1

Oof. Bats were silenced again. Outside of an Adrian Gonzalez solo shot in the bottom of the 9th off Capps we couldn't do much. We had 6 hits, but twice we stranded guys on 2nd with 1 out. Just can't do that.

Kevin Correia went 8 IP, 3 H, 1 ER, 3 BB, 8 K for the L.

Jeff Karstens went 6.1 IP, 4 H, 2 BB, 2 K for the W.

Final Line

PIT: 2 - 5 - 1
SD: 1 - 6 - 1

Padres (7-12) @ Rockies (2-15)
Derek Holland (0-2 2.00 ERA) vs Jason Marquis (0-3, 11.91 ERA)

COL 3 - SD 0

For some I just can't score with this team. I had 7 hits, and the bases loaded with 1 out, and nothing came of it. We have a lot of problems with this team but this is absurd. Colorado is flat out terrible, but a bloop RBI single and a 2 run HR from Baker gave them all they needed to win.

Derek Holland went 5.1 IP, 8 H, 3 ER, 1 BB, 3 K for the L.

Jason Marquis went CG, 7 H, 0 BB, 0 K for the W.

Final Line

SD: 0 - 7 - 0
COL: 3 - 9 - 1

Game 21: Padres (7-13) @ Rockies (3-15)
Chris Young (2-0, 1.80 ERA) vs Jorge de la Rosa (1-1, 3.94)

SD 4 - COL 3

Took 11 innings but we did enough to in. Four different players knocked in runs, including the winning PH Double by Gerut in the 11th to give us a much needed win vs the Rockies.

Chris Young went 5 IP, 7 H, 3 ER, 1 BB, 5 K for a ND.

Jorge de la Rosa went 6.2 IP, 5 H, 2 ER, 6 K for a ND.

Final Line
SD: 4 - 12 - 2
COL: 3 - 9 - 2

W - Perdoml (1-0)
L - Rusch (0-2)
S - Bell (5)

Game 22: Padres (8-13) @ Rockies (3-16)
Chad Gaudin (1-3, 7.08 ERA) vs Franklin Morales (0-2, 4.42 ERA)

SD 10 - COL 5

An 8 run third gives us the breathing room we need as we pound out 10 runs on 15 hits for a huge 10-5 victory over the Rockies. Kouzmanoff had 3 hits and 3 RBI, and Gerut and Hundley each also added 2 RBI apiece to give us some support from guys who've struggled. Scott Hairston continues his nice approach with 3 BB though no hits.

Chad Gaudin goes 5.0 IP, 2 H, 3 R, 2 ER, 1 BB, 3 K for the W.

Franklin Morales goes 2.1 IP, 6 H, 8 ER, 3 BB, 1 K for the L.

Final Line

SD: 10 - 15 - 2
COL: 5 - 4 -1

W - Gaudin (2-3)
L - Morales (0-3)

Game 23: Padres (9-13) @ Dodgers (16-6)
Shawn Hill (1-2, 5.16 ERA) vs Randy Wolf (2-1, 2.92 ERA)

LA 3 -SD 0

Wolf shuts down our offense outside of 3 hits from Hundley, and one apiece from Cabrera and Gonzalez, and we end the month of April with a tough 3-0 Loss.

Shawn Hill goes 5 IP, 6 H, 3 ER, 1 BB, 1 K for the L.

Randy Wolf goes 8 IP, 5 H, 4 BB, 9 K for the W.

Final Line

SD: 0 - 5 - 0
LA: 3 - 7 - 0

W: Wolf (3-1)
L: Hill (1-3)
S: Broxton (13!)

Padres April Stat Leaders

AVERAGE

1. Hairston - .404
2. Headley - .288
3. Kouzmanoff - .280

RUNS

1. Hairston - 13
2. Gonzalez -12
3. Kouzmanoff - 10

HR

1. Gonzalez - 4
1. Kouzmanoff - 4
1. Hairston - 4

RBI

1. Kouzmanoff - 14
2. Hairston - 12
3. Gonzalzez - 10

WINS

1. Young - 2
1. Gaudin - 2
2. 5 tied with 1

LOSSES

1. Gaudin - 3
2. Hill - 3
3. Holland - 3

ERA

1. Correia - 1.26
2. Young - 2.31
3. Holland - 2.70

SAVES

1. Bell - 5

STRIKEOUTS

1. Young - 38
2. Holland - 22
3. Hill - 21

MLB Leaders

AVERAGE

1. Hanley Ramirez (FLA) - .422
2. Esteban German (TEX) - .403
3. Torii Hunter (ANA) - .400

HR

1. Mark Reynolds (ARI) - 9
1. Lance Berkman (HOU) - 9
1. Albert Pujols (STL) - 9

RBI

1. Torii Hunter (ANA) - 25
2. Lance Berkman (HOU) - 24
2. Evan Longoria (TB) - 24

SB

1. Jacoby Ellsbury (BOS) - 12
2. Michael Bourne (HOU) - 10
3; Chone Figgins (ANA) - 8

WINS

1. Cole Hamels (PHI) - 5
2. 6 tied at 4

SAVES

1. Jonathan Broxton (LA) - 13
2. Jonathan Papelbon (BOS) - 11
3. Scott Downs (TOR) - 10

ERA

1. Gavin Floyd (CHA) - .84
2. Kevin Slowey (MIN) - 1.32
3. Cole Hamels (PHI) - 1.38

STRIKEOUTS

1. Jon Lester (BOS) - 39
2. Cole Hamels (PHI) - 38
2. Chris Young (SD) - 38

Keep it up DTR. Really enjoying following along to this. Hope you don't mind that I completely ripped off your format.

Keep it up DTR. Really enjoying following along to this. Hope you don't mind that I completely ripped off your format.

Not at all man. I am enjoying yours a lot. Glad its keeping people entertained.

April Standings

AL East

1. Boston (17-5)
2. Tampa (15-8) 2.5 GB
3. Yanks (15-8) 2.5 GB
4. Jays (15-9) 3 GB
5. Orioles (8-14) 9 GB

AL Central

1. Chicago (12-10)
2. Cleveland (11-11) 1 GB
3. Detroit (9-13) 3 GB
4. Minnesota (9-13) 3 GB
5. KC (8-14) 4 GB

AL West

1. Texas (12-10)
2. Anaheim (10-12) 2 GB
3. Seattle (8-14) 4 GB
4. Oakland (7-15) 5 GB

NL East

1. Atlanta (15-6)
2. Mets (14-7) 1 GB
3. Phillies (10-12) 5.5 GB
4. Florida (9-13) 6.5 GB
5. Nats (8-14) 7.5 GB

NL Central

1. Cubs (17-5)
2. Cards (14-10) 4 GB
3. Brewers (13-9) 4 GB
4. Reds (12-10) 5 GB
5. Pirates (8-14) 9 GB
6. Astros (7-15) 10 GB

NL West

1. Dodgers (17-6)
2. Diamondbacks (11-11) 5.5 GB
3. Giants (8-12) 7.5 GB
4. Padres (9-14) 8 GB
5. Rockies (3-17) 12.5 GB

Padres April Farm Update

Kellen Kulbacki: Hitting .338 in AAA with 3 HR and 11 RBI, he is probably our top prospect but he has a ways to go. At 24 though he is looking like he needs about 1.5 more years in the Minors before he is our every day LF.

Matt Latos: 22 year old SP is currently 1-1 with a 3.63 ERA in AA. He is going to be a stud. Probably 2 years away from cracking our rotation, but he could earn a AAA call up eventually this year and then have an outside shot at the big club next year in ST.

Justin Smoak: The 23 year old 1B is currently hitting .250 with 3 HR and 12 RBI in AAA. He was a big piece of the Jake Peavy trade and should eventually be our 1B, or be used again to acquire some depth elsewhere. 1B is one position where we're set for live.

Kyle Blanks: The other 23 year old 1B we have is hitting .299 with 5 HR and 14 RBI in AA. He is blocked by Smoak and Gonzalez obviously, but a position change isn't out of the question. Chances are though we trade him in an effort to help fill some holes.

Jaff Decker: Decker is a 19 year old phenom RF prospect who is currently hitting .317 with 1 HR and 7 RBI in AA. He is a can't touch type player who along with Kulbacki could be an amazing LF - RF combo for us for the next 10 years.

Cedric Hunter: Hunter is a 21 year old speed demon CF who is going to complete our OF of the future sooner rather then later. Only hitting .231 in AAA, he still has 1 HR and 5 RBI, along with 12 runs and 6 SB. He mighnefit from a trip to AA for a bit but he is a guy who can be a prototype leadoff man for us in the future.

Scouting Update

With the third pick in the MLB Draft in June our focus right now is to add some quality pitching depth, but we will go BPA at #3. Currently we have 3 guys right now we're really looking at.

SP Mitchell Croft: He is a 19 year old righty from the Western US. He has a solid breaking ball, great stamina and the tools to be a superstar according to our scouts.

SP Marks Beato: A 20 year old righty from the Central US, he seems like he has a lot of potential but struggles with stamina and some control issues. Doesn't seem the prospect Croft is but it's still early.

SP Anastacio Guerrero: A 21 year old lefty from the Eastern US, he would be my guess to go #1 at this point. Has control issues, but also has the tools to be a Superstar. Has a great splitter but needs to find another pitch to K guys with. If the draft were today he'd be our pick if available at #3.

We continue to focus on SP and IF but one player I am intrigued with is LF Conor Thorman. We haven't scouted him yet but he has the highest caliber rating so far. I doubt we look at him if we rate a pitcher his equal but if it turns out he's our highest player on the board we'd snatch him up asap.

Game 24: Padres (9-14) vs Dodgers (17-6)
Kevin Correia (0-1, 1.26 ERA) vs Eric Stults (2-1, 4.15 ERA)

SD 9 - LA 6

A big win as our offense had 9 runs on 15 hits, headlined by 2 hits including a HR and 3 RBI from Hairston, 3 hits, including a double and 2 RBI from Kouzmanoff and 2 RBI from Hundley. This was a that was huge for us as we were tied 5 all going into the 9th and we pounded out 4 huge runs for the win.

Kevin Correia went 4 IP, 8 H, 5 ER, 2 BB, 1 K for a ND.

Eric Stults went 3.0 IP, 7 H, 5 ER, 3 BB, 1 K for a ND.

Final Line

SD: 9 - 14 - 0
LA: 6- 14 -0

W - Pedromo (2-0)
L - Kuo (3-1)
S - Bell (6)

Game 25: Padres (10-14) @ Dodgers (17-7)
Derek Holland (0-3, 2.70 ERA) vs James McDonald (2-1, 4.91 ERA)

SD 10 - LA 9

The bats once again were on fire for us tonight, pounding out 10 runs on 13 hits, though our pitching allowed 17 hits, and still we somehow prevailed. Catch Nick Hundley is heating up big time as he had 3 hits including 2 doubles and 5 RBI. Chase Headley add 2 more RBI and Derek Holland even had one to help his own cause for us.

Derek Holland went 4.2 IP, 11 H, 8 ER, 1 BB, 2 K for the ND.

James McDonald went 3.2 IP, 5 H, 5 R, 4 ER, 3 BB, 3 K for the ND.

Final Line

SD: 10 - 13 - 0
LA: 9 - 17 - 1

W: Sanchez (2-1)
L: Ohman (1-1)
S: Bell (7)

Game 26: Padres (11-14) @ Dodgers (17-8)
Chris Young (2-0, 2.21 ERA) vs Chad Billingsly (1-1, 2.53 ERA)

LA 14 - SD 3

LA gets 12 RBI from their 3-6 hitters, including a HR and 3B from Russel Martin, and HR's from Manny and Loney, and they just destroy with 11 runs combined in the 5th and 6th.

Adrian Gonzalez and Hundley had two hits for us, and Kouzmanoff hit a solo HR, but that was the only notable offense we had.

Not sure the last time I was thrashed like this in a game I played.

Chris Young goes 3.1 IP, 8 H, 8 R, 6 ER, 1 BB, 2 K for the L.

Chad Billingsly goes 6 IP, 7 H, 1 ER, 4 K for the W.

Final Line

SD: 3 - 9 - 2
LA: 14 - 12 - 0

W: Billingsly (2-1)
L: Young (2-1)

Game 27: Padres (11-15) vs Rockies (4-19)
Chad Gaudin (2-3, 6.39 ERA) vs Jorge de la Rosa (1-1, 3.57 ERA)

SD 5 - COL 0

We crank out 5 runs on 13 hits, with 4 solo HR's from Gonzalez, Kouzmanoff, Headley and Blanco, and 2 doubles from Gerut to make up our offense. Eckstein and Gerut each had 3 hits in starts for Cabrera and Hairston who needed a day off.

Gaudin goes CG, 4 H, 5 BB, 7 K for the W.

de la Rosa goes 4.2 IP, 7 H, 3 ER, 2 BB, 1 K for the L.

Final Line

COL: 0 - 4 - 1
SD: 5- 13 - 0

W: Gaudin (3-3)
L: de la Rosa (1-2)

Game 28: Padres (12-15) vs Rockies (4-20)
Shawn Hill (1-3, 5.20 ERA) vs Franklin Morales (0-3, 7.40 ERA)

SD 6 - COL 4

We show a lot of resolve in this game, as it takes 11 innings, and Colorado had struck first with a run in the top of the 11th, but Brian Giles puts out a 3rd run walk off HR to give us a big win over the Rockies. Adrian Gonzalez had 3 more hits, including another solo HR, and Evereth Cabrera was 4 for 4, following a HR short of the cycle.

Shawn Hill goes 5 IP, 6 H, 3 ER, 4 K for the ND.

Franklin Morales goes 5.1 IP, 8 H, 2 ER, 3 BB, 4 K for the ND.

Final Line

COL: 4 - 11 - 0
SD: 6 - 13 - 1

W: Meredith (2-0)
L: Corpas (0-2)

Game 29: Padres (13-15) vs Arizona (14-13)
Kevin Correia (0-1, 3.44 ERA) vs Max Scherzer (1-1, 5.20 ERA)

ARZ 5 - SD 2

We give up 16 hits but only give up 5 runs. Still our offense went silent and we couldn't make a run at the win. Nick Hundley had 3 hits,and Brian Giles had our only RBI with a 2 run HR, but that's about all we managed to do.

Kevin Correia goes 3 Ip, 11 H, 4 ER, 1 BB, 5 K for the L.

Max Scherezer goes 7 IP, 5 H, 2 ER, 2 BB, 7 K for the W.

Final Line

ARI: 5 - 16 -0
SD: 2 - 6 - 0

W: Scherzer (2-1)
L: Correia (0-2)
S: Qualls (8)

Game 30: Padres (13-16) vs Arizona (15-13)
Derek Holland (0-3, 4.82 ERA) vs Jon Garland (1-1, 3.48 ERA)

ARI 5 - SD 4

Arizona has 19 hits this time, in 11 innings, but only scores 5 again. But again our offense doesn't do much and we drop a tough one 5-4. Chris Burke, filling in for Kouzmanoff hits a HR and knocks in 2 RBI, and Giles homers his 3rd game in a row, but it's not enough in the end.

Derek Holland goes 4.1 IP, 11 H, 2 ER, 4 K for ND.

Jon Garland goes 6 IP, 6 H, 4 R, 2 ER, 1 K for the ND.

Final Line

ARI: 5 - 19 - 3
SD: 4 - 7 - 0

W: Slaten (1-3)
L: Mujica (1-1)
S: Qualls (9)

Game 31: Padres (13-17) @ Astros (9-20)
Chris Young (2-1, 3.52 ERA) vs Russ Ortiz (1-3, 7.20 ERA)

SD 5 - HOU 3

We get a balanced effort today hit wise with 9 hits, and Hundley and Chris Young (helpin his own cause!) knock in 2 RBI apiece. Adrian Gonzalez, on a night off, pinch hits with an RBI single to complete the scoring. A good game with 3 regulars (Andrus, Gonzalez and Giles) all resting.

Chris Young goes 6.1 IP, 6 H, 3 ER, 5 K for the W.

Russ Ortiz goes 5 IP, 4 ER, 4 BB, 3 K for the L.

Final Line

SD: 5 - 9 - 0
HOU: 3 - 7 - 0

W: Young (3-1)
L: Ortiz (1-4)
S: Bell (8)

Game 32: Padres (14-17) @ Astros (9-21)
Chad Gaudin (3-3, 4.72 ERA) vs Roy Oswalt (2-1, 1.89 ERA)

HOU 7 - SD 2

Tough loss. Oswalt was sharp but I had two terrible innings where they scored 3 runs apiece on stupid pitches to power hitters. Pence hit a 3 run bomb in the first and Lee hit a bases loaded double in the third to give Houston an early 6-0 lead, and from there Oswalt was dealing. Outside of one bad pitch to Adrian Gonzalez which he turned into a 2 run bomb Oswalt was filthy for 8 innings.

Chad Gaudin goes 2.2 IP, 7 H, 6 R, 4 ER. 1 BB for the L.

Roy Oswalt goes 8 IP, 5 H, 2 ER, 2 K for the W.

Final Line

SD: 2 - 5 - 2
HOU: 7 - 10 -0

W: Oswalt (3-1)
L: Gaudin (3-4)

Game 33: Padres (14-18) @ Astros (10-21)
Shawn Hill (1-3, 5.23 ERA) vs Wandy Rodriguez (0-4, 10.08 ERA)

HOU 4 - SD 2

We pound out 8 hits but can't turn them into runs, and we fall 4-2 to a bad Houston team. Kouzmanoff and Andrus had our only RBI today. Andrus had 2 hits, the only Padre with 2 or more hits on the day.

Shawn Hill goes 4.1 IP, 7 H, 4 ER, 1 BB for the L.

Wandy Rodriguez goes 7 IP 7 H, 2 ER, 2 BB, 7 K for the W.

Final Line

SD: 2 - 8 - 0
HOU: 4 - 8 - 2

W: Rodriguez (1-4)
L: Hill (1-4)
S: Valverde (6)

Roster Moves

After the game vs Houston we send down Shawn Hill and Scott Patterson to Triple A Portland, and recall Cha Seung Bak and Mike Adams. Bak will replace Hill in the Rotation and Adams will become our primary MR.

Padres (14-19) @ Cubs (24-8)
Kevin Correia (0-2, 4.64 ERA) vs Ted Lilly (4-0, 5.94 ERA)

SD 8 - CHN 4

A huge win for us as we pound out 16 hits and get some big contributions from guys we need, like Gonzalez who had 3 hits, including a HR and 3 RBI. Hairston had the same exact stat line himself, and also Brian Giles went deep for us. A big win that hopefully sparks our offense some.

Kevin Correia goes 1 IP, 1 H, 1 ER, 1 BB for a ND.

Ted Lilly goes 4 IP, 9 H, 3 ER, 1 K for a ND.

Final Line

SD: 8 - 16 - 0
CHN: 4 - 8 -0

W: Adams (1-0)
L: Samardzija (0-1)

Roster Move

Kevin Correia suffered an inflamed elbow and is expected to miss 2-3 weeks, so we place him on the 15 day DL and recall Josh Geer from AAA. He had pitched well there so hopefully he is ready to make a dent in the bigs after a not so good opening to the year.

Game 35: Padres (15-19) @ Cubs (24-9)
Derek Holland (0-3, 4.73 ERA) vs Ryan Dempster (3-1, 2.91 ERA)

CHN 2 - SD 1

Ugh. I hit into 5 DP's today. Unreal. I just can't seem to drive the ball with this team. The only guy who hits the ball hard is Gonzalez, while everyone else bloops it it feels like. I really don't know what to do besides be patient until I get my guys in and then go from there. Frustrating though.

Gonzalez had 2 hits, as did Hundley, though Hundley had a solo bomb to CF to give us our only run.

Derek Holland goes 7 IP, 6 H, 2 ER, 1 BB, 5 K for the L.

Ryan Dempster goes 6.1 IP, 7 H, 1 ER, 1 K for the W.

Final Line

SD: 1 - 7 -0
CHN: 2 - 7 -1

W: Dempster (4-1)
L: Holland (0-4)
S: Gregg (15)

Game 36: Padres (15-20) @ Cubs (25-9)
Chris Young (3-1, 3.63 ERA) vs Sean Marshall (1-3, 5.06 ERA)

CHN 6 - SD 5

We put up 4 in the first, but then don't score again until the 9th and we drop a tough one 6-5 to the Cubbies. Hundley had 2 more RBI today as he continues to mash and will be rewarded by hitting clean up in our next series vs the Reds.

Chris Young goes 5 IP, 8 H, 5 ER, 2 BB, 3 K for the L.

Sean Marshall goes 5 IP, 4 H, 3 ER, 4 BB, 5 K for a ND.

Final Line

SD: 5 - 8 - 0
CHN: 6 - 11 - 1

W: Heilman (3-0)
L: Young (3-2)
S: Gregg (16)

Game 37: Padres (15-21) vs Reds (19-16)
Edison Volquez (2-4, 4.19 ERA) vs Chad Gaudin (3-4, 5.35 ERA)

CIN 7 - SD 3

Dickerson has 5 RBI for the Reds, and Encarnacion has the other 2, and we fall 7-3, even though we had 15 hits. Gonzalez goes 4-5, and Headley and Kouzmanoff both have 3 hits, but it's not enough for us to do any damage.

Chad Gaudin goes 5 IP, 6 H, 3 ER, 4 BB, 3K for the L.

Edison Volquez goes 7 IP, 14 H, 3 ER, 2 BB, 9 K for the W.

Final Line

CIN: 7 - 11 - 0
SD: 3 - 15 - 1

W: Volquez (3-4)
L: Gaudin (3-5)

Game 38: Padres (15-22) vs Reds (20-16)
Cha Seung Baek (0-0, 0.00 ERA) vs Aaron Harang (4-2, 3.32 ERA)

CIN 10 - SD 4

A 6 run 5th puts us out of our misery today. We had 10 hits but again, 3 runs. Plus 3 errors didn't help. Gonzalez raised his average to .320 with 2 more hits, and Hairston had 2 RBI, but we just couldn't do much with RISP which is the story of our season.

Cha Seung Bak goes 4.2 IP, 7 H, 5 ER, 2 BB, 4 K for the L.

Aaron Harang goes 5 IP, 6 H, 2 ER, 4 BB, 4 K for the W.

Final Line

CIN: 10 - 11 - 0
SD: 4 - 10 - 3

W: Harang (5-2)
L: Bak (0-1)

Game 39: Padres (15-23) vs Reds (21-16)
Josh Geer (0-2, 11.57 ERA) vs Bronson Arroyo (3-3, 5.08 ERA)

CIN 6 - SD 1

The Reds pound out 16 hits, and Brandon Phillips has 5 of their 6 RBI to send us to our 6th straight loss. Outside of 3 doubles, we just hit some week singles, and never got anything going at all.

Josh Geer goes 5 IP, 11 H, 4 ER, 1 BB, 6 K for the L.

Bronson Arroyo goes CG, 7 H, 1 ER, 0 BB, 8 K for the W.

Final Line

CIN: 6 - 16 - 0
SD: 1 - 7 - 0

W: Arroyo (4-3)
L: Geer (0-3)

Game 40: Padres (15-24) vs Giants (18-19)
Derek Holland (0-4, 4.35 ERA) vs Randy Johnson (2-3, 4.54 ERA)

SF 12 - SD 11

37 combined hits today, as the Giants pound out 20 to our 17, but the Giants got to our pen and pull out the 12-11 victory.

Kouzmanoff had 4 hits, including a HR and 5 RBI, while Gonzalez had 2 hits and a HR with 2 RBI. Headley also went yard but it just wasn't enough as our pitching has picked a great time to totally implode.

Derek Holland goes 4 IP, 9 H, 6 ER, 2 BB, 2 K for the ND.

Randy Johnson goes 2 IP, 5 H, 7 ER, 3 BB, 2 K for the ND.

Final Line

SF: 12 - 20 - 0
SD: 11 - 17 - 0

W: Medders (4-0)
L: Gregerson (0-1)
S: Wilson (10)

Game 41: Padres (15-25) vs Giants (19-19)
Chris Young (3-2, 4.17 ERA) vs Barry Zito (1-3, 5.00 ERA)

SD 2 - SF 0

It takes 11 innings, but Brian Giles hits his 2nd walk off HR of the season to give us a much needed 2-0 win. Our pen held up for 3 innings of 2 hit ball, and Chris Young threw a gem to give us the innings we needed from our starter.

Chris Young goes 8 IP, 6 H, 2 BB, 6 K for the ND.

Barry Zito goes 6.1 IP, 7 H, 6 BB, 4 K for the ND.

Final Line

SF: 0 - 8 - 0
SD: 2 - 11 - 0

W: Sanchez (3-1)
L: Howry (0-2)

Game 42: Padres (16-25) vs Giants (19-20)
Chad Gaudin (3-5, 5.36 ERA) vs Jonathan Sanchez (1-4, 4.93 ERA)

SF 8 - SD 3

Giles hits another HR, and Cabrera has 2 RBI, but we can only muster 5 hits, even after SF had 3 errors, and we lost 8-3. Kouzmanoff hits into another DP, which is pretty much his MO these days. We have too many guys with no speed and it might be time to make a change or two.

Chad Gaudin goes 4.1 IP, 7 H, 5 ER, 2 BB, 4 K for the L.

Jonathan Sanchez goes 6.1 IP, 4 H, 3 R, 2 ER, 1 BB, 6 K for the W.

Final Line

SF: 8 - 14 - 3
SD: 3 - 5 -2

San Diego makes two big deals

The San Diego Padres made two trades today. One massive trade, one minor trade and a huge promotion.

The big news of the day was the Padres trading RF Brian Giles and one of their top prospects, 1B Kyle Blanks to the Tampa Bay Rays for SP Wade Davis. Davis is considered a top 5 prospect by the Rays but their surplus of arms made this deal work. Blanks will be a future DH for the Rays, and Giles gives them a Vet in the OF that they need. Davis will go to AAA but could be called up at any time.

The second move of the day saw the Rays send CF Jody Gerut to the White Sox for minor league SP Kyle McCullough. McCullough will also head to AAA.

The big news is that this deal opened up the door for OF Kellen Kulbacki to head up the big club where he will be the new starting RF.

Padres (16-26) vs Cubs (32-9)
Cha Seung Bak (0-1, 9.64 ERA) vs Rich Harden (5-1, 1.93 ERA)

CHN 8 - SD 7

Our bullpen implodes, allowing 5 runs over the last two innings, punctuated by a blown save from Heath Bell to allow the Cubs to steal a victory in a game when we destroyed Rich Harden.

Gonzalez had 3 hits including a HR and 3 RBI, and Kulbacki's MLB debut saw him have 2 hits, but sadly it also saw him debut in a losing effort, though no fault of his own.

Baek goes 5.1 IP, 6 H, 3 ER, 5 BB, 4 K for the ND.

Rich Harden goes 3.2 IP, 7 H, 5 ER, 2 BB, 3 K for the ND.

Final Line

CHN: 8 - 15 - 2
SD: 7- 12 - 0

W: Vizcaino (1-0)
L: Bell (0-2)
S: Marmol (1)

Game 44: Padres (16-27) vs Cubs (33-9)
Josh Geer (0-3, 9.75 ERA) vs Ryan Dempster (4-1, 2.72 ERA)

CHN 8 - SD 5

Another tough one as we just keep allowing huge innings to good teams. Today it was a 5 run 6th that did us in.

Kouzmanoff had a HR and 2 RBI, and Kulbacki had 2 more hits, but we're just not able to driving in the clutch runs when we need them.

Josh Geer goes 5.1 IP, 6 H, 5 ER, 6 BB, 5 K for the L.

Ryan Dempster goes 6 IP, 7 H, 4 ER, 2 BB, 9 K for the W.

Final Line

CHN: 8 - 12 - 0
SD: 5 - 12 -0

W: Dempster (5-1)
L: Geer (0-4)
S: Marmol (2)

Trades Around the League

I forgot to check the League Roundup so these deals happened before the ones I made.

Toronto traded RP Brandon League to Texas for SP Kevin Millwood.

Arizona traded C John Hester & RP Tom Gordon to Florida for RP Leo Nunez and 3B Emilio Bonifacio.

Detroit traded LF Carlos Guillen to Colorado for RP Huston Street.

Game 45: San Diego (16-28) vs Chicago (34-9)
Derek Holland (0-4, 5.19 ERA) vs Sean Marshall (2-3, 4.20 ERA)

SD 9 - CHN 7

The offense was clicking today putting up runs in 5 of 8 innings, and Adrian Gonzalez had 3 RBI, while Kulbacki had 2 doubles and 2 RBI to give him 6 hits in 3 games. 6 players total accounted for our 9 RBI which is a step in the right direction. We've seen this before though so it means nothing if we can't do it consistently.

Derek Holland goes 4IP, 7 H, 4 ER, 1 BB, 5 K for a ND.

Sean Marshall goes 3.1 IP, 7 H, 5 ER, 4 BB, 2 K for a ND.

Final Line

CHN: 7 - 11 - 0
SD: 9 - 14 -0

W: Meredith (3-0)
L: Cotts (0-1)
S: Bell (9)

Padres (17-28) @ DBacks (25-20)
Chris Young (3-2, 3.59 ERA) vs Brandon Webb (5-2, 2.48 ERA)

ARZ 12 - SD 6

Our pitching is just miserable. It's just pathetic and has to be addressed. Obviously dealing Peavy was a blow but not even he could fix what this staff is.

Kulbaki doubles again and has an RBI, and Headley has 2 himself, but there wasn't much else of note besides we got run badly.

Chris Young goes 5 IP, 5 H, 7 ER, 2 BB, 4 K for the L.

Brandon Webb goes 7 IP, 5 H, 2 ER, 2 Bb, 7 K for the W.

Final Line

SD: 6 - 11 -1
ARZ: 12 - 12 - 1

W: Webb (6-2)
L: Young (3-3)

Game 47: Padres (17-29) @ DBacks (26-20)
Chad Gaudin (3-6, 5.83 ERA) vs Dan Haren (3-4, 4.83 ERA)

ARZ 4 - SD 1

Kulbacki continues his hit streak to start his career with another hit, but after our first inning run we were shutdown the rest of the way out. When we pitch somewhat okay, we don't hit and when we mash, we don't pitch. I'd just love to see a 12-0 game somewhere.

Chad Gaudin goes 5.2 IP, 8 H, 4 ER, 2 BB, 6 K for the L.

Dan Haren goes CG, 6 H, 1 R, 0 ER, 2 BB, 7 K for the W.

Final Line

SD: 1 - 6 - 1
ARZ: 4 - 8 -2

W: Haren (4-4)
L: Gaudin (3-7)

Game 48: Padres (17-30) vs Arizona (27-20)
Cha Seung Bak (0-1, 7.20 ERA) vs Max Scherzer (2-3, 4.35 ERA)

SD 7 - ARZ 4

We get a big 7th, scoring 6 runs, to push us over the hump and get us a much needed win. Gonzalez drives in 2 and Headley drives in 3. Kulbacki got a night off and ended up pinch hitting, but he walked to end his hit streak. Regardless, we won and we needed it badly.

Baek goes 4 IP, 7 H, 4 R, 3 ER, 1 BB, 3 K for a ND.

Max Scherzer goes 6.1 IP, 5 H, 4 R, 3 ER, 3 BB, 4 K for a ND.

Final Line

SD: 7 - 10 - 2
AZ: 4 - 8 - 3

W: Gregerson (1-1)
L: Slaten (1-4)
S: Bell (10)

Game 49: Padres (18-30) vs Rockies (10-36)
Josh Geer (0-4, 9.35 ERA) vs Jason Marquis (4-3, 4.47 ERA)

COL 7 - SD 3

Kulbacki had a two run triple and Hundley hit 2 singles, but we just cannot pitch. We have too many kids on our 25 man roster but they're our best players. It's just not a good time right now as we cannot make anything happen at all.

Josh Geer goes 4.2 IP, 3 H, 6 ER, 5 BB, 5 K for the L.

Jason Marquis goes 8 IP, 5 H, 3 R, 1 ER, 1 Bb, 6 K for the W.

Final Line

SD: 3 - 5 - 0
COL: 7 - 7 - 1

W: Marquis (5-3)
L: Geer (0-5)

Game 50: Padres (18-31) vs Rockies (11-36)
Derek Holland (0-4, 5.51 ERA) vs Jorge de la Rosa (3-2, 2.74 ERA)

SD 3 - COL 2

Well we won it in the 9th, but we got lucky. Gonzalez, Kouzmanoff and Blanco knock in runs for us, and our pitching holds up for us to get the win in a game we had to have. It's unacceptable to lose back to back to this Rockies team. So we close out May with a win. Hopefully June isn't as terrible.

Derek Holland goes 5.1 IP, 6 H, 2 ER, 2 BB, 1 K for a ND.

Jorge de la Rosa goes 6 IP, 4 H, 2 ER, 4 BB, 6 K for a ND.

Final Line

SD: 3 - 5 - 0
COL: 2 - 10 -0

W: Mujica (2-1)
L: Rusch (0-4)
S: Bell (11)

Padres May Stat Leaders

Average

1. Scott Hairston - .328
2. Adrian Gonzalez - .318
3. Chase Headley - .298

Runs

1. Adrian Gonzalez - 29
2. Scott Hairston - 24
3. Kevin Kouzmanoff - 23

Home Runs

1. Adrian Gonzalez - 10
2. Kevin Kouzmanoff - 8
3. Scott Hairston - 6

RBI

1. Adrian Gonzalez - 31
2. Kevin Kouzmanoff - 30
3. Nick Hundley - 24

Wins

1. 4 tied at 3

ERA

1. Clay Merdeith - 2.35
2. Luis Perdomo - 3.45
3. Duaner Sanchez - 3.50

Saves

1. Heath Bell - 11

Strikeouts

1. Chris Young - 58
2. Derek Holland - 41
3. Chad Gaudin - 38

MLB Leaders for May

Average

1. Carlos Quentin (CHW) - .383
2. Mark Teixeira (NYY) - .381
3. Mike Fontenot (CHN) - .370

Home Runs

1. Carlos Beltran (NYM) - 17
1. Mark Reynolds (ARZ) -17
3. 2 tied at 16

RBI

1. Ryan Howard (PHI) - 52
2. James Loney (LA) - 49
3. Lance Berkman (HOU) - 49

Wins

1. Jon Lester (BOS) - 9
2. Cole Hamels (PHI) - 8
2. Carlos Zambrao (CHN) - 8

Saves

1. Jonathan Broxton (LA) - 20
2. Mike Gonzalez (ATL) - 19
3.2 tied at 18

ERA

1. Jon Lester (BOS) - 2.04
2. Matt Garza (TB) - 2.11
3. Carlos Zambrano (CHN) - 2.18

Strikeouts

1. Scott Kazmir (TB) - 77
2. Matt Garza (TB) - 72
2. Cole Hamels (PHI) - 72

May Farm Update

Our AA team is sitting pretty at 30-17. Cedric Hunter was sent down to AA to regain his form, and is hitting .272 with 3 HR and 13 RBI and will probably be promoted to AAA around July. Just needed to clear his head.

Cutter Dykstra, now the 1B in AA with Blanks gone has exploded hitting .316 with 5 HR and 29 RBI.

Jaff Decker is continuing to mash himself, hitting .318 with 6 HR and 25 RBI. This 19 year old is special, that's for sure.

Matt Latos is pitching well, with a 3.83 ERA to go with a 4-3 record.

RP Gabe DeHoyos is a remarkable 6-1 with a 1.26 ERA in 24 appearances.

Our AAA team in Portland is currently 25-24. Justin Smoak has struggled, hitting .235 with only 2 HR and 24 RBI. I might move him down to AA like Hunter to clear his head.

SP Cesar Ramos is 4-1 with a 2.24 ERA, and Wade Davis is 3-3 with a 4.08 ERA.

Game 51:Padres (19-31) @ Rockies (11-37)
Chris Young (3-3, 4.45 ERA) vs Franklin Moralses (0-6, 6.70 ERA)

COL 4 - SD 3

We lose a tough 13 inning game to the Rockies. Only 7 hits in 13 innings does that to you though. Headley had 2 RBI and Kouzmanoff added the 3rd one but we couldn't hold them in the 13th and lose a series to the worst team in baseball.

Chris Young goes 6 IP, 5 H, 3 ER, 3 Bb, 5 K for a ND.

Franklin Morales goes 6 IP, 6 H, 3 ER, 1 BB, 4K for a ND.

Final Line

SD: 3 - 7 - 1
COL: 4 - 9 - 2

W: Belisle (1-5)
L: Perdomo (2-1)

I haven't played the last 10 or so games. Just want to hit the draft then I'll go back to playing.

Game 52: Padres (19-32) vs Phillies (26-24)
Chad Gaudin (3-7, 5.98 ERA) vs Cole Hamels (8-2, 2.24 ERA)

PHI 7 - SD 4

Adrian Gonzalez had 3 hits, and Kulbacki has 2 hits and 2 RBI, but Ryan Howard's 3 hit, 4 RBI night and a strong start from Hamels was too much for the Padres to overcome. We tried late to make a dent with a 2 run 8th, but only mustered 2 runs in the 9th to fall short.

Chad Gaudin goes 4.1 IP, 6 H, 4 R, 3 ER, 2 BB, 4 K for the L.

Cole Hamels goes 6.2 IP, 5 H, 2 BB, 4 K for the W.

Final Line

PHI: 7 - 10 -0
SD: 4 -11 -1

W: Hamels (9-2)
L: Gaudin (3-8)
S: Lidge (12)

Game 53: Padres (19-33) vs Phillies (27-27)
Brett Myers (3-1, 4.04 ERA) vs Cha Seung Baek (0-1, 7.07 ERA)

SD 3 - PHI 2

A big win today. Hundley goes 4 for 4 and drives in a run. Cliff Floyd gets a start and drives a run in, and Hairston has the third knock to give us a win we needed for Baek, who pitched well.

Baek goes 6.2 IP, 5 H, 2 ER, 2 BB, 2 K for the W.

Brett Myers goes 5 IP, 7 H, 3 ER, 2 BB, 7 K for the L.

Final Line

PHI: 2 - 8 - 0
SD: 3 - 8 - 1

W: Baek (1-1)
L: Myers (3-2)
S: Bell (12)

2009 MLB Draft

#1. Washington selects CP Rogers Olenberger (19 year old, 4-yr class)
#2. Seattle selects CF Santiago Delacruze (19 year old, 4-year class)
#3. San Diego selects SP Mitchel Croft (19 year old, 2-year class)
#4. Pittsburgh selects LF Conor Thorman (21 year old, 4 year class)
#5. Baltimore selects CP Franceso Aguilar (18 year old, HS)

2nd Round

San Diego selects C Cha-Seung Ye (21 year old, 4 year class)

3rd Round

San Diego selects CF Van King (19 years old, 4 year class)

4th Round

San Diego selects 2B Omar Coco (20 years old, 4 year class)

5th Round

San Diego selects SS Radhames Nieves (18 years old, HS)

2009 Padres Draft Review

Mitchell Croft: Croft is a hard throwing RHP who has great stamina, though currently lacks ideal control. At only 19 he is expected to develop in AA for two seasons, before having a shot at the big club. I love his potential. He could be a stud. He signed a 3 year contract for us.

Cha-Seung Ye: The 21 year old catcher was a pick I didn't plan on making but he fell to us and I couldn't not pull the trigger. He has a ton of power, and decent speed. Behind the plate he is adequate but could turn into a solid defensive catcher. He signed a 3 year contract.

Van Kang: Kang is a 19 year old CF who will probably project into a corner OF or 1B with his lack of speed. He has a ton of power, but needs to work on his contact and vision at the dish. He signed a 3 year contract.

Omar Coco: The 20 year 2B is fast as hell and slick defensively. Other guys were better offensively, but I think he can be a great role player for us down the line. He signed a 5 year deal.

Radahmes Nieves: The 18 year old SS is a solid player. He was taken primarily because he is only 18 and has room for growth. Chances are he won't ever make our club with Andrus ahead of him but the hope he is can become an asset to trade. He signed a 4 year deal.

I have made a decision to advance to the offseason at this point, namely because my team is just so horrible it will be beyond frustrating to play these games.

2009 Playoffs

Boston d. LA in 4 games
Tampa d. Chicago in 5 games

Arizona d. Chicago in 4 games
Mets d. LA in 5 games

Mets d. Arizona in 7 games

Tampa d. Boston in 4 games

Tampa d. the Mets in 4 games

Tampa Bay wins the 2009 World Series

2009 Award Winners

NL MVP: OF Manny Ramirez (LA): .360/53 HR/147 RBI
AL MVP: 1B Jim Thome (CHA): .311/45 HR/108 RBI

NL Cy Young: SP Carlos Zambrano (CHN): 21-5, 3.26 ERA
AL Cy Young: SP Gavin Floyd (CHA): 21-6, 2.31 ERA

NL Silver Slugger: OF Manny Ramirez (LA)
AL Silver Slugger: OF BJ Upton (TB)

NL Relief Award: CL Kevin Gregg (CHN): 55 Saves
AL Relief Award: CL Jonathan Papelbon (BOS): 56 Saves

NL Rookie of the Year: LF Chris Dickerson (CIN) - .269/19 HR/67 RBI
AL Rookie of the Year: LF Travis Snider (TOR) - .246/15 HR/51 RBI

World Series MVP: LF Carl Crawford (TB)

2009 Retirees

SD LF Emil Brown
BOS 3B Mike Lowell
BOS SP John Smoltz
BOS SP Tim Wakefield
NYY C Jorge Posada
NYY CL Mariano Rivera
DET RF Magglio Ordonez
SEA LF Ken Griffey Jr
ATL RP Doug Brocail
ATL SP Tom Glavine
ARL 3B Chipper Jones
NYM OF Gary Sheffield
PHI SP Jamie Moyer
MIL CP Trevor Hoffman
LA 3B Casey Blake
SF SP Randy Johnson

Resigning Players

- We resign Chad Gaudin to a 5 year/28.9 million dollar deal. Gaudin turned it on the last half of the year and finished with an era just above 4. This could be a steal for us.

- We resign C Nick Hundley to a 5 year/4.8 million dollar deal. A total steal for a decent catcher with some pop.

- We resign SS Everth Cabrera to a 3 year/1.2 million dollar deal.

We also hire new 1B and pitching coaches.

2009 Free Agent Class

1. RF Jermaine Dye
2. LF Carl Crawford
3. SS Orlando Cabrera
4. SP Erik Bedard
5. 1B Jim Thome
6. CP Billy Wagner
7. OF Coco Crisp
8. CL Heath Bell (offered arbitration)
9. 1B Victor Martinez
10. SP Orlando Hernadnez

Free Agency Update

The Mets sign RF Jermaine Dye to a 4 year/43.21 million dollar deal to give them a big time bat in the middle of their order.

The Cardinals signed CL Billy Wagner to a 4 year/23.76 million dollar deal. Talk about being the best in a shitty market.

Arizona signed SS Orlando Cabrera to a 2 year/19.16 million dollar deal.

Atlanta signs LF Carl Crawford to a 9 year/78.39 million dollar deal. For sure the best signing off the offseason.

Arizona also signed 1B Jim Thome to a 3 year/23.70 million dollar deal.

Padres FA News

- San Diego signs OF Elijah Dukes to a 4 year/8.9 million dollar deal. Dukes gives us versatility at all 3 OF spots, as well as an ability to play 1B.

- We resign a bunch of guys for minor league depth. We do make one significant move locking up Elvis Andrus for 3 years/17.38 million. Better to do it now before it's too late.

Padres Arbitration

- Arbitrators rule Kevin Correia will get $1.9 million this year.

- Arbitrators rule Duaner Sanchez will get $1.6 million this year.

- Arbitrators rule Heath Bell will get $5.4 million this year.

- Arbitrators rule Kevin Kouzmanoff will get $939 K this year.

- Arbitrators rule Mike Adams will get $1.5 mil this year.

- Arbitrators rule Scott Hairston will get $500 K this year.

Padres trade

San Diego sends SP Shawn Hill to Anaheim for RP Alex Serrano.

Looking at my roster this year, I made a few mistakes thinking I had more MI depth then I did, I let guys go, and am now stuck with a rookie in 4th round pick Omar Coco has our utility man. I'll make a deal eventually but early on he shouldn't play much.

Our staff is meh, our pen looks good, and our offense is a mixed bag.

Dukes is going to be our starting CF for now. His ratings look great. I hope him getting a chance helps.

Justin Smoak will make the opening day roster. We'll see how that goes.

I'm not too optimistic coming off a 74-88 year, but the pieces seem to be in place.

2010 San Diego Padres Opening Day Roster

1. 2B Everth Cabrera
2. LF Chase Headley
3. 1B Adrian Gonzalez
4. CF Elijah Dukes
5. RF Kellen Kulbacki
6. 3B Kevin Kouzmanoff
7. C Nick Hundley
8. SS Elvis Andrus
9. SP Chris Young

Bench: CI Justin Smoak, MI Omar Coco, C Eliezer Alfonzo, RF Will Venable, CF Scott Hairston

Rotation

1. Chris Young
2. Chad Gaudin
3. Josh Geer
4. Kevin Correria
5. Vincente Padilla

Long Reliever

1. Derek Holland

Middle Relievers

1. Louis Perdomo
2. Edwin Mujica
3. Alex Serrano

Setups

1. Duaner Sanchez
2. Cla Meredith

Closer

1. Heath Bell

Game 1: Padres (0-0) vs Astros (0-0)
Chris Young (0-0, 0.00 ERA) vs Roy Oswalt (0-0, 0.00 ERA)

HOU 1 - SD 0

So frustrating. We held them to 3 hits but one of them was a Roy fucking Oswalt solo bomb. Just ugh. We had 5 hits, 2 from Andrus, 2 from Headley and 1 from Dukes, but nothing came of it. This offense is anemic. So sad.

Chris Young goes 8 IP, 3 H, 1 ER, 9 K for the L.

Roy Oswalt goes CG, 5 H, 6 K for the W.

Final Line

HOU: 1 - 3 -0
SD: 0 - 5 - 0

Game 2: Padres (0-1) vs Astros (1-0)
Chad Gaudin (0-0) vs Wandy Rodriguez (0-0)

HOU 2 - SD 1

Headley hits a solo HR and Andrus hits well yet again, but from 9 hits we can only get the 1 run. I am seriously wondering if this offense will be this bad all year. The talent is there, but it is young. Who knows I guess.

Chad Gaudin goes 6 IP, 6 H, 2 ER, 2 BB, 6 for the L.

Wandy Rodriguez goes 6 IP, 7 H, 1 ER, 2 BB, 2 K for the W.

Final Line

HOU: 2 - 9 - 0
SD: 1 - 9 - 0

W: Rodriguez (1-0)
L: Gaudin (0-1)
S: Paronto (1)

Game 3: Padres (0-2) vs Astros (2-0)
Josh Geer (0-0) vs Pedro Martinez (0-0)

HOU 7 - SD 4

Adrian Gonzalez and Justin Smoak hit 2 run HR's, and we have 9 hits, but again we can't score runs like we need to, and Josh Geer and Derek Holland scuffle when we need them to clamp down to give Houston a season opening sweep.

Josh Geer goes 3.1 IP, 4 H, 2 ER, 4 BB, 4 K for the L.

Pedro Martinez goes 7 IP, 7 H, 4 ER, 5 K for the W.

Final Line

HOU: 7 - 11 - 0
SD: 4 - 9 - 0

W: Martinez (1-0)
L: Geer (0-1)
S: Paronto (2)

Padres (0-3) @ Dodgers (2-2)
Kevin Correria (0-0) vs Jason Schmidt (0-0)

LA 4 - SD 3

Dukes, Kulbacki and Gonzalez knock in 9th inning runs but sadly waited until the 9th to do anything. We score 3 runs on 4 hits. Just pathetic.

Kevin Correia goes 5 IP, 5 H, 2 ER, 3 BB, 5 K for the L.

Jason Schmidt goes 8 IP, 2 H, 2 ER, 2 BB, 6 K for the W.

Final Line

SD: 3 - 4 -0
LA: 4 - 9 - 0

W: Schmidt (1-0)
L: Correria (0-1)
S: Ohman (1)

Game 5: Padres (0-4) vs Dodgers (3-2)
Vincente Pedilla (0-0, 0.00) vs Chad Billingsley (0-1, 10.38)

LA 9 - SD 4

Adrian Gonzalez has a 3 run HR, and Andrus knocks in a run. Ho hum, we suck.

Padilla goes 5 IP, 4 H, 2 ER, 1 BB, 2 K for the L.

Billingsley goes 6 IP, 6 H, 2 ER, 4 BB, 6 K for the W.

Game 6: San Diego (0-5) vs Dodgers (4-2)
Chris Young (0-1, 1.13) vs Chen-ming Wang (0-0, 3.00 ERA)

SD 8 - LA 3

We get 15 hits and hold LA to 4. Generally good things happen that way and today was no different. Dukes hits a HR and Hundley knocks out 3 bombs with 5 RBI in a career effort for him. Gonzalez also had 3 hits. A nice complete effort tonight.

Chris Young goes 8 IP, 3 H, 2 R, 1 ER, 2 BB, 10 K for the W.

Wang goes 3 IP, 6 H, 6 ER, 3 BB, 1 K for the L.

Game 7: Padres (1-5) @ Rockies (3-4)
Chad Gaudin (0-1, 3.00) vs Ubaldo Jimenz (0-0, 2.70)

SD 9 - COL 3

Finally I score some runs in a game I played. Adrian Gonzalez mashed a grand slam, Elijah Dukes hit a solo bomb, and 4 other guys knocked in runs to complete a very impressive all around effort today. I was able to hit the ball hard. Maybe this lineup isn't as bad as I thought. A lot of speed that's for sure.

Chad Gaudin goes 6 IP, 2 H, 1 BB, 6 K for the W.

Ublado Jiminez goes 5 IP, 5 H, 3 ER, 3 K for the L.

W: Gaudin (1-1)
L: Jiminez (0-1)

Game 8: Padres (2-5) @ Rockies (3-5)
Josh Geer (0-1, 5.40) vs Jason Marquis (0-1, 11.25)

COL 5 - SD 2

Adrian Gonzalez homers again, but our pen faltered late to cost us a game we should've won. Geer pitched well but Serrano was terrible today.

Josh Geer goes 6 IP, 8 H, 2 ER, 1 BB, 1 K for the ND.

Jason Marquis goes 6 IP, 5 H, 2 ER , 3 BB, 5 K for the ND.

W: Embree (1-0)
L: Serrano (0-1)
S: Corpas (3)

Game 9: Padres (2-6) @ Rockies (4-5)
Kevin Correia (0-1, 3.60) vs Greg Smith (0-1, 10.80)

COL 4 - SD 3

The pen blows another late lead which is just killing me. Gonzalez has another RBI, and we had 8 hits, but again, we didn't score nearly enough and the pen was bad. At least our starters are doing solid.

Kevin Correia goes 5 IP, 5 H, 3 ER, 2 BB, 3 K for a ND.

Greg Smith goes 6 IP, 6 H, 3 ER, 4 BB, 2 K for a ND.

W: Flores (1-0)
L: Mujica (0-1)
S: Corpas (4)

Game 10: Padres (2-7) vs Giants (7-2)
Vicente Padilla (0-1, 3.60) vs Jonathan Sanchez (0-0, 3.00)

SF 7 - SD 4

We were down 1 in the 7th, and the pen gives up 4 more runs. It's becoming a broken record with this team. Padilla pitched well enough, only 3 runs in 6 innings, but Perdomo gave up 4 runs without getting an out.

Things will change.

A little change. I am going to highlight each week rather then every game. Just gets too tedious I am afraid.

April Recap

We finish April out with 4 wins in our last 7 games, though it should've been 5 of 7, but Heath Bell blew a game we had no business losing vs the Giants, costing us a sweep that would've been huge for morale.

Offensively we're starting to mash. Some of our top guys are:

Elijah Dukes: .295/6 HR/16 RBI
Adrian Gonzalez: .296/7 HR/21 RBI
Kellen Kulbacki: .333/0 HR/12 RBI

Kulbacki is going to move up to the two hole, following Andrus. Headley will hit 5th now.

Pitching wise we're our starters are great, but our pen isn't.

Chris Young is 2-2 with a 2.87 ERA
Chad Gaudin is 1-1 with a 2.70 ERA
Vicente Padilla is 1-3 with a 4.29 ERA
Josh Geer is 0-1 with a 3.27 ERA
Kevin Correia is 0-1 with a 3.57 ERA

We are going to address our RP soon if things don't change soon.

April League Leaders

Stephen Drew is hitting an absurd .441 to lead the bigs in average. He is on the DL though after his torrid start.

Nate McLouth and Jim Thome both have 10 HR in April to give them a share of the HR lead at this point in the year.

Albert Pujols has 27 RBI to lead the MLB in that category. Both Thome and McLouth are right behind him though at 26.

Jake Peavy is one of 8 pitches at 4 wins early on, though he supports a 4.08 ERA so he is benefiting from quite an explosive Rangers offense.

AJ Burnett leads the league in ERA with a .72 clip for the Yanks. Remarkably he is only 2-1.

Javier Vasquez already has 50 K's to lead the league by a wide margin. The Braves as a whole are just playing absurd baseball, highlighted by the play of Carl Crawford in FA.

Atlanta Braves 21 year old rookie CL Tod Haley current leads the league with 13 saves. He was the 7th pick in last years draft.

April Farm Review

In Portland, the home of our AAA team, our two young studs Mitchell Croft and Matt Latos are dealing. Croft, last years #3 pick, is 1-1 with a 1.64 ERA. Our scout says he has A potential and will be a future star. Chances are he could be in the bigs sometime next season. Meanwhile Matt Latos is 2-1 with a 2.31 ERA. His B+ potential is going to make him a solid #3 starter for us in the future. These two kids are huge for us for the future.

Meanwhile our hitters in AAA are lead by 1B Cutter Dykstra who is hitting .322 with 9 HR and 22 RBI. Rookie CF Van King is only hitting .235 but has 4 HR and 17 RBI. C Cha-Seung Ye struggled early but is up to .222 with 2 HR and 6 RBI, and SS Radhames Nieves is hitting .272 with 1 HR and 7 RBI, but he also has 5 SB.

In AA Jaff Decker is hitting .325 with 6 HR and 17 RBI and should expect to be in AAA soon. Cedric Hunder is only hitting .212 with 4 HR and 9 RBI, but he has an impressive 10 SB already.

Our AA pitchers all seem solid but not spectacular.

Padres and Twins swing a deal

With Cutter Dykstra improving rapidly at AAA, and Adrian Gonzalez firmly entrenched at 1B, the Padres traded 1B Justin Smoak to Minnesota for 2B Alexi Casilla. Casilla was brought in to provide speed and defense and is an upgrade over Cabrera at 2B. He also allows Coco to head to AA where he belongs.

San Diego also called up Will Venable to play some OF/1B.

May 2nd - 8th

We have another over .500 week going 4-3 with a win over ATL, COL and 2 vs ARZ. Kevin Correia was clutch with 2 wins in his 2 starts, while Alex Serrao had a win and 2 losses in relief.

Elvis Andrus was hot all week, as was Adrian Gonzalez, while Kulback really tapered off.

We now sit at 12-17 on the season.

May 9th - 15th

We go 3-4 this week, with 3 losses to the Nationals, including losing to Strasburg in his big league debut.

Our bullpen took 3 losses this week, while Young and Gaudin both had wins. Gaudin also took the loss vs Strasburg though he only allowed 3 runs in the game.

Adrian Gonzalez only had 3 hits this week and his average took a nosedive to .277. Kulbacki picked it up and is back around .295 but we need more consistent games if we want to do anything this year.

We sit at 15-21 now.

Great read, just picked this game up yesterday.

I like what you've done with the Padres so far.

Great read, just picked this game up yesterday.

I like what you've done with the Padres so far.

Thanks. It's been fun.

Yeah the team is actually getting more consistent hitting lately, but the bullpen is awful. I am going to bring up a kid or two because I think we can be a .500 team that competes in a relativley weak West if our pen can be even somewhat decent.

Got a little ahead of myself so I'll update the end of May now.

May Update

We run into a 5 game losing streak vs LA and Oakland, but we end up ending the final week of May 4-2 to improve us to 20-28 on the season. We're getting a much better pen performance and our starters keep pitching relatively well.

Adrian Gonzalez is hitting .280 with 10 HR and 34 RBI.
Elijah Dukes is hitting .267 with 9 HR and 23 RBI.
Chase Headley is hitting .302 with 5 HR and 18 RBI.

Pitching wise ..

Chris Young is 3-4 with a 2.43 ERA
Chad Gaudin is 3-3 with a 4.24 ERA
Kevin Correia is 2-2 wth a 3.60 ERA
Vicente Padilla is 2-4 with a 3.11 ERA
Josh Geer is 1-1 with a 4.17 ERA.

May League Leaders

-Curtis Granderson leads the league with a .360 average.

- Jim Thome and Aramis Ramirez are tied for the MLB lead with 17 HR each.

- Albert Pujols leads the league with 51 RBI.

- Jake Peavy leads the league with 8 W's.

- Bobby Jenks and Tod Haley are tied for the League lead with 21 SV's.

- AJ Burnett leads the league with a 1.44 ERA.

- Tim Lincecum leads the league with 78 K's.

Padres May Farm Review

Jaff Decker continues to rake with a .315 average, 9 HR and 31 RBI in AA. Our potential future CL Wynn Pelzer is 17/17 in saves also in AA.

Cutter Dykstra is hitting .295 with 14 HR and 41 RBI in AAA. While rookie Van King is hitting .277 with 10 HR and 30 RBI. The other rookeis are struggling though, as Cha-Seung Ye is still hitting just above .200 and Nieves is down to .214.

Mitchell Croft is 4-4 with a 2.34 ERA for Portland. He has 9 QS so far. Meanwhile Matt Latos is cooling down some, at 3-3 with a 4.35 ERA but he was great early on and should end up correcting himself.

MLB Standings

The Blue Jays have a 1 game lead over the Yanks in the AL East. The Twins hold a 4.5 game lead over Chicago in the Central. Texas has a 3 game lead on Oakland in the West.

In the NL the Braves hold a 5.5 game lead over the Mets, the Cards are 4.5 up on the Reds in the Central and the Giants are a half game up on the Dodgers in the West.

2010 MLB Draft

#1 Detroit - SP Tuan Hanna (HS)
#2 Pittsburgh - 1B Joaquin Waddell (2-Yr)
#3 Washington - SP Zach Cook (4-Yr)
#4 Houston - SP Ugueth Carrara (2-Yr)
#5 Kansas City - SP Tory Sparks (4-Yr)
#6 Colorado - LF Mo Alvarez (HS)
#7 Oakland - SP Magglio Samuel (2-Yr)
#8 Florida - RP Jhonny Fuentes (HS)
#9 Seattle - LF Emanuel Sivla (2-Yr)
#10 Texas - RP Tawn Kolb (4-Yr)
#12 San Diego - 2B Derek Ross